Fuck micro stakes

Thx goes out to edzwoo for the stat critique. Lowering my 3bet seems to have really helped a lot. Although only 1800 hands, obviously small sample, but the gameflow feels very different without so much 3 betting now. Also just forfeiting my blind unless I have a value hand to 3bet with. 3bet was a solid 2.5 until last 500 hands or so when I just ran sick good and had lots of 3bet worthy hands in position.

My vpip continues to linger around 12%. Should I make an effort to bring it up to 16 or so? My range is still top 16% of hands, I'm just being very selective about position when I choose to play them which may explain the small avg.

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Ok, am I still not playing tight enough lol? Maybe reduce my range in half again, play 5/5/3? All the 3betting is coming from blatant blind stealers with like 50% steal rates, or hands like AJs/AQo OTB vs utg/MP raises. I usually get a shit ton of folds so I'm pretty sure a lot of people are just opening 22+ and random suited connectors from any position.

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Is 8k hands a large enough sample? Trying to figure out why I keep losing. I feel like I'm playing solid enough. Generally speaking these stats tend to fall in line with winning players dont they? Just seems like if I'm not getting slowplayed, I'm value betting the worst hand vs droolers in spots where I simply have to bet.

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Uhhh, wtf? Played live and they implemented the seven deuce rule. Except that instead of seven deuce offsuit, it could be suited, cuz ya'know nobody should fold a suited hand. And winning didnt count unless you saw a flop, cuz ya'know everyone should be allowed to see a flop.

I actually felt gay playing this. Like all I could think about was stuffing a cock in my mouth and making someone moan.

Anyway I ended up getting 3 streets of value with 72 by hitting 2 pair vs whatever the fuck, plus a 4BB bounty from 9 players at the table.

HEH...

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haha, tilt reg'd after blowing my roll at NL50 HU, and binked my first one. This is actually the first rush tourney i've ever even played, and the first MTT i've played in like, months or even years maybe. I kinda liked it.

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Got bored with the grind so started playing NL50 HU. What was I thinking, every time I move up or switch games I always get doomswitched. Nothing like getting outkicked with trips in 3bet pots, drawing dead with 2nd nut flush draw, and jamming river for value with straights vs droolers who catch runner runner flush. $250 roll down to $30.

Obviously not really interested in playing at this point. Took me 30k hands and 30 hrs of play to get there. Probably gonna tilt it off at rush in a second. Oh well hopefully next tax return will give me enough so I can sit at some NL200 tables and focus.

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Whew. Back in the green, or black or whatever you call it. Guess I should have really taken that 3 day poker suspension I put myself on earlier.

Pro's: I made adjustments
Con's: I'm not sure what they are

Thats right, I am playing differently, I know it, but I cant quite put my finger on it. It's like my mood was simply different, more confident for some reason, and it affected my play in unknown ways. The only thing I can really say is that I'm playing more cautiously. My stats are still pretty aggressive I think. In fact, I think they're rather handsome, other than my W$SD%, obviously that has to increase. I've been focusing on HUD stats a little more closely in game, namely the positions certain players do certain things from. Maybe I was just getting variance'd to death earlier. I dont really know how to tell the difference.

Anyway, I think I'm gonna just avoid thinking about it too much, and just play in a manner that feels right.

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First 10k hands were NL5 rush, at which point I decided to take a shot at NL10 rush, thinking it cant be much different. Boy was I wrong, just a massive nitfest, everyone setmining from ANY position against ANY preflop raise. By the time I started to realize TPGK and cbets werent gonna cut it, I had already spewed several buyins. Then suddenly I forgot how to play NL5 rush. Now I'm just spiraling out of control snap tilting when someone mindonks the flop into me, or calls my 5xBB open with 24s. Even when I win at showdown im just like "what the fuck, you called with that? *raaaaaaage*" I've completely forgotten how to play. Now I'm just blindly stacking off with PP's b/c I see someone get it in 1 time with KJo, being a station vs 8/2 nits with hands like JJ when it's obvious I'm beat on a 24895 board. Just bad bad baaaaaaad play. I just have so little respect for the class of human beings I'm up against that it affects my play. Because I dislike them as people, I play back at them, to punish them and make them feel bad for losing.

I think the problem is that at these stakes I keep looking at poker as just a game and not money. I mean I cant be proud of $15 sessions, since thats meaningless to me. I quite honestly have to have real money on the line for me to give a fuck. It's a discipline thing, and I lack it. Even worse, I just dont care to beat micro stakes, any more than at NL200 reg would go back and try to beat it. I mean why bother? If you can play higher then play higher.

I once read that everyone, regardless of occupation, always reaches their level of incompetency. In poker this means your highest limit before you lose. You dont play NL2 if you can crush it for 20bb/100, you play NL200 for 2bb/100. Im not sure what my ceiling is b/c I've never applied myself. Decisions decisions decisions.....

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With rakeback I decided to take an early shot at NL10 rush.



By the 56th hand I had 3 sets busted. Was supposed to be a 2 BI shot, but 56 hands is like 56 seconds of play. Oh well I managed to pull the plug back at my original starting bankroll. Probably take another 10k hands to get it back, or 3 days of play. Not too bad really. Is it really so much to ask not to get completely ass fucked by the site when taking a damn shot? Jesus.

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WAIT NO IM NOT!!''



Had just finished minimizing app's before I saw the FTP rush screen open, and figured why not squeeze out a couple of BI's right before sleep. Boooooooooo.. frickin sets vs sets, KK vs AA, 3 barreling fish who call me down with AK high on 22736 boards. It's all good though, gettin in some nice volume.

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